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Royalty, Ancient History, Secret Societies, Colonial History, Native American Genealogy, African American Genealogy, European GenealogyWed, 10 Apr 2019 20:35:27 +0000en
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What’s the History Behind the Derogatory Term… CRACKER?https://suellenoceanchats.wordpress.com/2019/04/29/whats-the-history-behind-the-derogatory-term-cracker/
https://suellenoceanchats.wordpress.com/2019/04/29/whats-the-history-behind-the-derogatory-term-cracker/#commentsMon, 29 Apr 2019 20:32:36 +0000http://suellenoceanchats.wordpress.com/?p=1755Continue reading What’s the History Behind the Derogatory Term… CRACKER?]]>It’s an awkward feeling when we hear a derogatory term and know it’s offensive but don’t know the how or why of it. There sure are a lot of offense terms around these days, no ethnic group is spared.

I remember the first time I heard the term cracker. I thought it was because some people have skin the color of white crackers. I was wrong. I’ve stumbled upon two versions of the origins. One is that cracker originated in the Southern states, when white cattlemen carried long leather whips to keep their Longhorn cattle in line. The cracking of the whip, hence… cracker. The state of Georgia has been referred to as the Cracker State. The origins of that stem from an old English word for “a noisy, boasting fellow.” Back when this term was coined, it was believed to have been a fitting description for Georgia’s “backwoodsman.”

Suellen Ocean is the author of Secret Genealogy IV – Native Americans Hidden in Our Family Trees and Secret Genealogy V– Black, White and Hamite; Ancestors of Color in Our Family Trees, Availablehere:

]]>https://suellenoceanchats.wordpress.com/2019/04/29/whats-the-history-behind-the-derogatory-term-cracker/feed/2acornwriterBlack, White, Hamite… Ancestors of Color in Our Family Treeshttps://suellenoceanchats.wordpress.com/2019/04/16/black-white-hamite-ancestors-of-color-in-our-family-trees/
https://suellenoceanchats.wordpress.com/2019/04/16/black-white-hamite-ancestors-of-color-in-our-family-trees/#respondTue, 16 Apr 2019 17:41:26 +0000http://suellenoceanchats.wordpress.com/?p=1752Continue reading Black, White, Hamite… Ancestors of Color in Our Family Trees]]>Hamitic is the label given to the ethnic group living in North-East Africa. Their oral Biblical history is that they descend from Noah’s son Ham. Ever wonder if you descend from the Hamites and if so, what are their physical attributes?

Leave it to my old encyclopedia to tell us that these nomadic people are: frizzy-haired, medium-headed, red-brown and thin-lipped. Besides their Biblical history, ethnographers (descriptive anthropologists) tell us that the Hamites descended from the Himyarite kingdom, well-known by the Greeks and Romans, for establishing a highly-cultured kingdom in ancient Yemen a hundred-and-ten years before the Christian era.

The Himyarites blended with other African tribes, (including the Hottentot, Bantu and the Masai), so like the rest of us, they’re a mixture of all the people who came before us on our family tree.

Suellen Ocean is the author of Secret Genealogy V – Black, White and Hamite; Ancestors of Color in Our Family Trees. Availablehere:

]]>https://suellenoceanchats.wordpress.com/2019/04/16/black-white-hamite-ancestors-of-color-in-our-family-trees/feed/0acornwriterNazi Germany Did Not Appreciate Gypsieshttps://suellenoceanchats.wordpress.com/2019/04/10/nazi-germany-did-not-appreciate-gypsies/
https://suellenoceanchats.wordpress.com/2019/04/10/nazi-germany-did-not-appreciate-gypsies/#respondWed, 10 Apr 2019 20:35:27 +0000http://suellenoceanchats.wordpress.com/?p=1750Continue reading Nazi Germany Did Not Appreciate Gypsies]]>When they first encountered Gypsies, Europe is recorded as having an open-heart. That did not last and the story of Gypsy persecution continues today. After being accused of fraudulent activity, the Gypsies were no longer welcome in Europe and driven to wander. And wander they did. Throughout the world. By the 1700s, every European country had laws against them. Eventually, most modern European laws against the Gypsies were repealed. But not by Nazi Germany. They took their distaste for the Gypsies to the extreme. They put them in labor camps, sterilized them and even exterminated them.

Suellen Ocean is the author of The Steinberg Conspiracy Series. Available here:

]]>https://suellenoceanchats.wordpress.com/2019/04/10/nazi-germany-did-not-appreciate-gypsies/feed/0acornwriterWhy Does President Trump Always Have a Suntan?https://suellenoceanchats.wordpress.com/2019/04/09/why-does-president-trump-always-have-a-suntan/
https://suellenoceanchats.wordpress.com/2019/04/09/why-does-president-trump-always-have-a-suntan/#respondTue, 09 Apr 2019 22:23:31 +0000http://suellenoceanchats.wordpress.com/?p=1748Continue reading Why Does President Trump Always Have a Suntan?]]>It’s something that everyone asks. Why does President Trump always have a suntan? And why does it have that orange hue? The answer seems obvious. That’s the color artificial tan lotion takes on once it’s applied to the skin.

Make-up is nothing new. During the 1700s, people put white powder on their hair to color it. And charcoal has been used for ages around the eyes. But… it was while I was reading, “The Day the Bubble Burst: A Social History of the Wall Street Crash of 1929,” by Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan-Witts, that I understood President Trump’s reasoning. One of the people in the story wondered why the “Berlin Börsen-maklers were deeply suntanned.” It was this line that fit so well with Trump’s self-image. “… a suntan was a mark of affluence.”

Suellen Ocean is the author of The Steinberg Conspiracy Series. Available here:

]]>https://suellenoceanchats.wordpress.com/2019/04/09/why-does-president-trump-always-have-a-suntan/feed/0acornwriterDoes Your Iberian Ancestry Descend from Gypsies?https://suellenoceanchats.wordpress.com/2019/04/08/does-your-iberian-ancestry-descend-from-gypsies/
https://suellenoceanchats.wordpress.com/2019/04/08/does-your-iberian-ancestry-descend-from-gypsies/#respondMon, 08 Apr 2019 19:00:53 +0000http://suellenoceanchats.wordpress.com/?p=1746Continue reading Does Your Iberian Ancestry Descend from Gypsies?]]>Gypsies play an important role in world history. Their bold, festive, emotional music inspired composers. Their world travels are the themes of many a romantic tale and for centuries, their colorful clothes have been a favorite of Bohemians.

Because the Gypsies wandered throughout the world, one could easily ask themselves if they have Gypsy ancestry. One strong theory is that Gypsies originated in Northern India and wound up in Persia. After leaving Persia, one group migrated into Northern Africa. From there, they could have gone to Spain and Portugal (Iberia).

Gypsies made their way from Europe to America. My old encyclopedia states that during the 1950’s, the largest Gypsy settlement in the United States was in Braddock, Pennsylvania. Those searching genealogy with family history from Braddock, could have a lot of fun with that tip. Please let us know what you discover.

]]>https://suellenoceanchats.wordpress.com/2019/04/08/does-your-iberian-ancestry-descend-from-gypsies/feed/0acornwriterThe Origins of Gangs… Literallyhttps://suellenoceanchats.wordpress.com/2019/04/08/the-origins-of-gangs-literally/
https://suellenoceanchats.wordpress.com/2019/04/08/the-origins-of-gangs-literally/#respondMon, 08 Apr 2019 18:30:47 +0000http://suellenoceanchats.wordpress.com/?p=1743Continue reading The Origins of Gangs… Literally]]>“Gang” is an Anglo-Saxon word. The Scots use it to describe a cattle walk or pasturage. “Gang” means to go, to walk and has been used historically to describe a group or a company of people being directed. It was used for sailors and slaves. It has also been adopted for groups of criminals. A familiar expression is gang of thieves. History shows that in a working environment, the foreman managing a gang of laborers was called a “ganger.” Suellen Ocean is the author of Secret Genealogy III – From Jewish Anglo-Saxon Tribes to New France Acadians. Availablehere: http://www.amazon.com/dp/148407579X
]]>https://suellenoceanchats.wordpress.com/2019/04/08/the-origins-of-gangs-literally/feed/0acornwriterWhere Did That Rh-Negative Come From? An Iberian Gypsy Ancestor?https://suellenoceanchats.wordpress.com/2019/04/04/where-did-that-rh-negative-come-from-an-iberian-gypsy-ancestor/
https://suellenoceanchats.wordpress.com/2019/04/04/where-did-that-rh-negative-come-from-an-iberian-gypsy-ancestor/#respondThu, 04 Apr 2019 22:56:51 +0000http://suellenoceanchats.wordpress.com/?p=1740Continue reading Where Did That Rh-Negative Come From? An Iberian Gypsy Ancestor?]]>If we don’t know why we inherited the Rh-negative blood factor, we guess. But today, thanks to scientific and genealogical study, we have options. I’ve always wondered if one of those options was that I descend from ancient Iranian Jews, because they have a higher percentage of Rh-negative than the rest of the population. Looking at a map, one can see that immigrants from Iran easily worked their way into Northern Africa and from there, into Iberia (Spain and Portugal) giving many with European roots this unusual blood type.

A little research on the migration patterns of Gypsies, shows us that their language contains Persian words, revealing that Gypsies were in Iran for quite some time. So, if you have the Rh-negative factor, you may indulge in a second theory. Your ancestors may have been Persian Gypsies because maybe there’s a connection between Persian Gypsies and ancient Iranian Jews. Iran was formerly known as Persia and both the Jews and the Gypsies have a history of wandering. No doubt their paths did cross.

]]>https://suellenoceanchats.wordpress.com/2019/04/04/where-did-that-rh-negative-come-from-an-iberian-gypsy-ancestor/feed/0acornwriterGenealogical Searching for Native American Ancestry? Add These Dates to Your Timelinehttps://suellenoceanchats.wordpress.com/2019/03/28/genealogical-searching-for-native-american-ancestry-add-these-dates-to-your-timeline/
https://suellenoceanchats.wordpress.com/2019/03/28/genealogical-searching-for-native-american-ancestry-add-these-dates-to-your-timeline/#respondThu, 28 Mar 2019 18:58:18 +0000http://suellenoceanchats.wordpress.com/?p=1738Continue reading Genealogical Searching for Native American Ancestry? Add These Dates to Your Timeline]]>I don’t know how anyone can be a genealogist and not use a timeline. I find them the perfect way to organize the ancestors. I categorize them by surname and arrange them by dates. Birth, marriage, death and other important highlights.

When building a timeline for Native American ancestry, there are a myriad of historical dates that might shed light on where your ancestors went. We can keep a Native American history book by our side but we can’t include every war or relocation on our timeline. But watch for big events. Here are two:

1827 – A decision was made by the U.S. Federal Government to spend the next two years removing all Indians from Illinois.

1829 – President Andrew Jackson was in power. In 1830 he instituted the “Removal Act,” a ruling that called for all eastern Indians to be relocated to an Indian territory west of the Mississippi River. The sad history of the “Trail of Tears,” falls under this date.

It’s a good idea to study a map and get the feel for your research. Your ancestors from the east may have become westerners with this cruel act perpetrated by Andrew Jackson.

]]>https://suellenoceanchats.wordpress.com/2019/03/28/genealogical-searching-for-native-american-ancestry-add-these-dates-to-your-timeline/feed/0acornwriterGenealogy… Where Did Our American Indian Ancestors Go?https://suellenoceanchats.wordpress.com/2019/03/28/genealogy-where-did-our-american-indian-ancestors-go/
https://suellenoceanchats.wordpress.com/2019/03/28/genealogy-where-did-our-american-indian-ancestors-go/#respondThu, 28 Mar 2019 18:30:34 +0000http://suellenoceanchats.wordpress.com/?p=1735Continue reading Genealogy… Where Did Our American Indian Ancestors Go?]]>If you’re reading this, you either know of or suspect that you have American Indians in your family tree. I use the term “American” to differentiate between the Natives that were in America before it was America and those who immigrated from India. And if you’re reading this, like me, you wonder where did our American Indian ancestors go?

When I traveled through Indiana in 2011, I wondered where all the Native people were. Shouldn’t I see them in the stores and on the streets? I had always pictured Indians in Indiana. They were there in the history books. I saw farms and tractors but no Indians. I saw lots of corn. The Indians taught the white colonists to eat corn. Where were they now? I asked my cousin. “Where are the Indians? I haven’t seen any Indians.” “Go to Oklahoma,” she said.

I hope someday to go to Oklahoma. Before I do, I’m going to create an itinerary of Native American museums and history. I live out west where we have lots of Native Americans and the schools teach us to appreciate Native culture. Just last weekend, I passed a Native American male playing a wooden flute. Anyone who heard it would have recognized it as an American Indian tune. It was beautiful and truthfully, it sounded ominous. The man was sitting on a bench outside the front doors of a Walmart. It’s a far cry from the woodlands where his ancestors roamed freely. Those very ancestors who we search for now. On a computer.

]]>https://suellenoceanchats.wordpress.com/2019/03/28/genealogy-where-did-our-american-indian-ancestors-go/feed/0acornwriterStrange old words… Nigromancehttps://suellenoceanchats.wordpress.com/2019/03/12/strange-old-words-nigromance/
https://suellenoceanchats.wordpress.com/2019/03/12/strange-old-words-nigromance/#respondTue, 12 Mar 2019 20:22:00 +0000http://suellenoceanchats.wordpress.com/?p=1733Continue reading Strange old words… Nigromance]]>Nigromance has nothing to do with the color of someone’s skin, or romance, it’s about the color black. It is an Old French word for the black magic art of divining with the dead.

Those of us who enjoy genealogy, know the feeling of communicating with the dead. Isn’t that what we do? Kind of? We dig up the past to reveal the lives of our dead ancestors so that we might bring them into view. It’s not unusual for genealogists to feel their spirit. That’s half the fun. Our ancestors are dead but many of us feel their presence and even wonder if they haven’t assisted us. That’s how we explain all those coincidences, to ourselves. I’d never go around telling people that “my ancestors from 1677 helped me solve their mystery,” but sometimes it feels like it.